10 Years Ago For the second year in a row, Wagon Wheel Theatre favorite Rod Thomas won as best actor, according to the voters. He appeared in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” Best actress honors went to Amber Gainey Meade. With the help of WIOE Oldies 98.3, Warsaw Community High School students are getting hands-on experience in radio and television production. Dave Baumgartner is teaching the class. Students are doing the play-by-play and color commentary for all Warsaw boys football and basketball games and home games for the girls basketball team. 2004 Homes On Parade is at Pheasant Ridge, Ranch Road south of Warsaw, Sept. 11-19. Eight new homes are featured. 25 Years Ago John Wuertley, Syracuse, grew a giant 12-inch diameter dahlia. Norma Young, Warsaw, displayed her best “Beefmaster” tomatoes. The largest was 20 inches in circumference and weighed 2-1/2 pounds. After years of planning, construction of the Biblical Gardens is to begin soon. Ground-breaking ceremonies were held Aug. 30. Sara Lee Levin addressed the crowd. United Way cabinet members are Lee Harman, Jim Evans, Karen Francis, Jeanne Weirick, Steve Gerber, Jeff Wells, Paul Siebenmorgan, Mike Henn, Dana Krull, Jack Cluen, Don Tosby and Robert Litchtenwalter, chairman. 50 Years Ago Jerry Nelson, Burket, congratulated Art Johnson of Warsaw on winning his second club championship in four years at the Rozella Ford Community Golf Course Thursday, defeating defending champion Nelson two-up in 36 holes. Jerry Walther, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Walther, Claypool, is one of the greatest athletes to graduate from Sidney High School. He has been given an athletic scholarship to the University of Oklahoma to play basketball under Coach Bob Stevens, a Sidney star and former head coach at Milford High School. The “Dixie” paddlewheel excursion boat is a familiar sight in Kosciusko County. Ernest “Tag” Huffman, owner and captain, makes several round trips daily on Lake Webster through the summer. 75 Years Ago A robin, while building a nest in front of the residence of Metta Maish, Union Street and Winona Avenue, became entangled in a thread. The bird was unable to free itself and was hanging head downward when bird lovers telephoned the police station. The fire truck with Police Officer Harve Mathews, Assistant Fire Chief Link Hay and driver Leonard Wolford responded with ladders and released the bird. A new baseball diamond at the city park nears completion as city employees, aided by two men from the American Legion, put on finishing touches, giving Warsaw one of the finest diamonds in the county.
